[mile]

https://calgaryherald.com/sports/hoc...eason-prospect

“I’ve gotta be pissed off that I didn’t do a good job to give myself a better chance,” Stromgren said after his end-of-season chit-chat with team brass. “It’s my third year (in North America) next year, so it’s just going to get less and less opportunities. You’ve got young guys coming in. I’m still a young guy, but you have even younger guys coming in. They want to take your spot and you want to keep them away from your spot. You have to get pissed off. You have to do your best to not give them your spot.

“My highs are good,” Stromgren said. “But I think my lows need to be better.”

“It’s everything — how your days look, how you level out your day to be the best pro possible,” said Stromgren, who turns 22 in June. “It starts this summer … You’ve gotta think of this summer as the biggest one in my career probably. Just becoming a pro, maturing. And just that consistency level, you need to have the mindset for it.

“You can’t be comfortable anymore. You have to enjoy being greasy sometimes, getting under your own skin sometimes to get better.”

“You see Backs do this for 17 years and there’s a reason why he’s done it,” Stromgren said. “It’s because he pushed himself. And I feel like I can grab a lot from that.